Definition:Injection/Graphical Depiction
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Diagrammatic Presentation of Injection on Finite Set
The following diagram depicts an injection $f$ from $S$ into $T$:
- $f: S \to T$
where $S$ and $T$ are the finite sets:
\(\ds S\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \set {a, b, c}\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds T\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \set {p, q, r, s}\) |
and $f$ is defined as:
- $f = \set {\tuple {a, p}, \tuple {b, s}, \tuple {c, r} }$
Thus the images of each of the elements of $S$ under $f$ are:
\(\ds \map f a\) | \(=\) | \(\ds p\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \map f b\) | \(=\) | \(\ds s\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \map f c\) | \(=\) | \(\ds r\) |
The preimages of each of the elements of $T$ under $f$ are:
\(\ds \map {f^{-1} } p\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \set a\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \map {f^{-1} } q\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \O\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \map {f^{-1} } r\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \set c\) | ||||||||||||
\(\ds \map {f^{-1} } s\) | \(=\) | \(\ds \set b\) |
Note that $f$ is injective but not surjective:
- $\map {f^{-1} } x$ is a singleton for all $x \in \Img f$
but:
- $\map {f^{-1} } q = \O$
Sources
- 1965: J.A. Green: Sets and Groups ... (previous) ... (next): $\S 3.3$. Injective, surjective, bijective; inverse mappings: Example $47 \ \text{(ii)}$